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Getting Grit: The Evidence-Based Approach to Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose

Caroline Adams Miller · Sounds True
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

Grit - defined as our perseverance and passion for long-term goals - is now recognized as one of the key determinants of success and life satisfaction. So, how do we build this essential quality? "First we have to understand what authentic grit is," writes Caroline Adams Miller....
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Get Your Sh*t Together: How to Freak Out Less, Accomplish More, and Generally Win at Life

Sarah Knight · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe no-f*cks-given, no-holds-barred guide to living your best lifeEver find yourself stuck at the office-or even just glued to the couch-when you really want to get out (for once) , get to the gym (at last) , and get started on that "someday" project you're...
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The Ayurveda Way: 108 Practices from the World's Oldest Healing System for Better Sleep, Less Stress, Optimal Digestion, and More

Ananta Ripa Ajmera · Storey Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Celebrated Ayurveda teacher Ananta Ripa Ajmera offers an inspiring introduction to this ancient Indian medical tradition, which complements and extends the health and wellness benefits of yoga. Through 108 short essays you will learn to approach optimal digestion, better sleep, less stress,...
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Tinker Dabble Doodle Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind

Srinivasan S Pillay · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Harness your mind's innate tendency to wander, stall, rest, and unfocus and become more productive - in the boardroom, living room, or classroom. To finish tasks and achieve goals, most people believe that more focus is the solution. We rely on to-do lists, calendar reminders, noise-blocking...
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Success: The Psychology of Achievement

Dk. · DK
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Success: The Psychology of Achievement is a dynamic infographic guide that equips you with the tools you need to drive yourself toward success, whether you are seeking improvement in your career, relationships, or in your overall performance.Give your confidence a boost, master your resources,...
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Together, Closer: The Art and Science of Intimacy in Friendship, Love, and Family

Giovanni Frazzetto · Penguin Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

For readers of Oliver Sacks and Stephen Grosz, a wondrous, deeply felt book that explores intimacy through the stories of eight relationships, from the author of Joy, Guilt, Anger, Love The bonds we are capable of feeling toward other people - how we know and belong to one another - provide...
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A Mind of Your Own: What Women Can Do About Depression That Big Pharma Can't

Kelly M D Brogan · Harper Wave
Pages: 337
Format: Print book

Named one of the top health and wellness books for 2016 by MindBodyGreenDepression is not a disease. It is a symptom.Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with 1 in 4 women starting their day with medication. These drugs have steadily become the panacea...
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How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use

Randy J Paterson · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 231
Format: Print book

In How to Be Miserable, psychologist Randy Paterson outlines 40 specific behaviors and habits, which - if followed - are sure to lead to a lifetime of unhappiness. On the other hand, if you do the opposite, you may yet join the ranks of happy people everywhere!There are stacks upon stacks...
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We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter

CELESTE HEADLEE · Harper Wave
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

"WE NEED TO TALK."They are, perhaps, the most dreaded four words in the English language. But in her timely, insightful, and wonderfully practical book, We Need to Talk, Celeste Headlee - who earns a living by talking on the airwaves of National Public Radio - makes the case that...
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Finishing School: The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can't Seem to Get Done

Cary Tennis · Tarcherperigee
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

All too many people start a writing project with grand ambitions but reach a crisis of completion. Finishing School helps writers reignite the passion that started them on the project in the first place and work steadily to get it done. Untold millions of writing projects - begun with hope...
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Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self-Care

Maria Noel Groves · Storey Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

An antacid or an aspirin may soothe your pain, but it doesn't cure the root cause of your symptoms. Headaches, indigestion, fatigue, allergies, anxiety, eczema, high blood pressure, and other conditions are clues to a deeper imbalance in your body, and learning to read those clues is a key step...
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Radical Acceptance: The Secret to Happy, Lasting Love

Andrea Miller · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Loving your partner without judgment is the ultimate gift you can give them - and yourself.Loving the lovable parts of your partner is easy. He's funny, charming, smart, successful, and kind. He's perfect. Except for when he is not. Like when he is late. Or short-tempered. Or impatient....
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Meditation.

Domyo Sater Burk · Alpha Books
Pages: 336
Format:  Print book : English

"Meditation enables you to relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect your mind, body, and soul. Covering a variety of types of meditations, each with practices and exercises to deepen your practice, this helpful guide leads you on the path to improved health and well-being,"--page [4] of cover.
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Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem

Matthew McKay PhD · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 344
Format: Print book

If you struggle with low self-esteem, or you're seeking positive and effective ways of building a healthy sense of self-worth, this much-anticipated fourth edition of the best-selling classic by Matthew McKay is your go-to guide. This fully revised edition features an innovative application...
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The Choice: Embrace the Possible

Edith Eger · Scribner
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, moving memoir - and a practical guide to healing - written by Dr. Edith Eva Eger, an eminent psychologist whose own experiences as a Holocaust survivor help her treat patients and allow them to escape the prisons of their own minds.Edith Eger was sixteen years old when the Nazis...
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